2014 Webby Awards
The 18th annual Webby Awards for 2014 was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 19, 2014, which was hosted by comedian and actor Patton Oswalt. The awards ceremony was streamed live at the Webby Awards website.
Lifetime Achievement was awarded to Lawrence Lessig for his work with intellectual property be co-founding Creative Commons and the person of the year was the artist Banksy.
Nominees and winners
| Category | Webby Award winner | People's Voice winner | Other nominees |
Mobile & Apps – Best Practices | NY Times for iPhone | BBC News | The New Yorker Colorsnap Glass MailChimp |
Mobile & Apps – Best Travel Guides/Ratings/Reviews | Jetpac City Guides | Fandango Mobile | |
Mobile & Apps – Best Use of Device Camera | Glasses.com | Glasses.com | Seene KeyMe ColorSnap Glass Cyberchase |
Mobile & Apps – Best Use of GPS | Glympse | Glympse | Pin Drop Hailo Play the Road |
Mobile & Apps – Best Use of Mobile Video | Vine | Vine | Magisto NBA.com mobile Spark Camera TouchCast |
Mobile & Apps – Best User Experience | Netflix | Mailbox Coast Google Hangouts | |
Mobile & Apps – Best Visual Design | Dots | Yahoo! Weather | Wide Sky Artsy Type : Rider |
Mobile & Apps – Best Visual Design | Urbanears | CloudMagic | Path The New York Times Guggenheim Museum App |
Mobile & Apps – City/Urban Innovation | Points | Citi Bike | PulsePoint Shade Cinema Run That Town |
Mobile & Apps – Connected Products | Use Me Leave Me | A Computer Anyone Can Make | Points SmartThings Adidas MiCoach |
Mobile & Apps – Games | Dots | QuizUp | Dumb Ways to Die LIMBO Badland |
Mobile & Apps – Games | Badland | Plants vs. Zombies 2 | Type:Rider Robot Unicorn Attack Wonderputt |
Web – Activism | Change.org | Change.org | Endthebacklog.org Offshore Causes.com Sexgerms.com |
Web – Art | Artsy | The Creators Project | Curiator Illusion Wondereur.com |
Web – Associates | Downtown Brooklyn Partnership | Internet Association | Wireless is Limitless Spotlight on Broadway Designing Our Future |
Web – Best Home Page | Sagmeister & Walsh | Squarespace | Vogue.es The Serengeti Lion |
Web – Best Navigation | Behance | The Last Hunt | Diplomatic-cover Nautilus W |
Web – Best Practices | NSA Files: Decoded | Google Play | PBS Video Flash Vs. HTML NPR Responsive Design |
Web – Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics | The Art of Noise | The Art of Noise | KLM – Space Heart of the Arctic Life Size Messi |
Web – Best Use of Photography | Graffiti General | Found | We Are Still Marching Wondereur.com |
Web – Best Visual Design – Aesthetic | Squarespace | Nature Valley Trail View 2.0 | Medium Nautilus Names for Change |
Web – Food and Drink | Max Brenner | Max Brenner | |
Web – Games | Hellorun | Atari Arcade | BBC Travel's Geoguessr Ba Ba Dum Superbrawl 3 |
Web – Science | Nautilus | Wired Science | How to Put a Human on Mars Space Center Houston The Institute for Molecular Engineering |
Web – Real Estate | Zillow | Zillow | The Agency Foxtons Start Fresh. Buy New RentHop |
Advertising & Media – Augmented Reality | Kringl | KFC WOW@25 | OpenPool GIFwrap Voices Against Violence |
Advertising & Media – Banner Campaigns | GTI Bannerbahn | Coca-Cola Share Your Voice | Effies – Results Don't Lie Missing Person Pre-Roll Classicals Behind The Classics |
Advertising & Media – Best Use of Online Media | Photoshop Action | Photoshop Action | The Smart Phone Line Telekinize The Rainbow Classicals Behind The Classics The Greatest Action Movie Ever |
Advertising & Media – Best Use of Social Media | Google+ Same Sex Marriage | Google+ Same Sex Marriage | Milk Carton 2.0 Nike PHOTOiD NATALIA PROJECT The Alzheimer's Event |
Advertising & Media – Branded Content | LIVE TEST SERIES | Real Beauty Sketches | Virgin America Safety Video #VXsafetydance Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise The Scarecrow |
Advertising & Media – Digital Campaigns | Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989 | Lay's Do Us A Flavor | KLM – Space Burberry Kisses: A Google Art, Copy & Code Project GTI Bannerbahn |
Best Actress | Taylor Schilling | ||
Webby Person of the Year | Banksy | ||
Webby Artist of the Year | De La Soul | ||
Webby Breakout of the Year | Kickstarter | ||
Webby Film & Video Person of the Year | Freddie Wong | ||
Webby Athlete of the Year | Jamaican Bobsled Team | ||
Webby Agency of the Year | Ogilvy Paris | ||
Webby Lifetime Achievement | Lawrence Lessig |